Petal, MS Pollen Count

What is the Petal pollen count today?

The Petal pollen count today is 18 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Petal: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Petal allergies today

Petal allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 18 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Petal allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Petal.

Allergies in Petal follow the Mississippi calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Petal before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.

Read the five-day table on this page as the Petal allergy forecast: today reads 18 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Petal allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.

In practice, the allergy count Petal today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Petal allergy count today is 18 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Petal: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Petal’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 18 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Petal

• Petal tree pollen count
• Petal grass pollen count
• Petal ragweed pollen count

What is driving Petal’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 18 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 20 (Low on its own scale) — about 45% of the four category readings added together, 1 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 19. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Mississippi tree chapter runs February to May — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.

Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Petal, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Mississippi guide’s account of Mississippi names oak, pine and hickory in spring — the famous yellow pine dust is highly visible but only part of the spring story — the pollens behind readings of this shape in this state — and the split shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying.

Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 14 to 18, never changing band. Today’s 18 sits 2 points above the window’s average of 16.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Petal now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Petal were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.

Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 20 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 5 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 19 (Low).

In the Southeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, warm-season grasses and late-summer ragweed — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.

Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.

Petal pollen through the year

The Petal pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Southeast pattern and the Mississippi calendar. Trees come first: trees can start as early as February and peak in April. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses follow in May and run through the summer. Weeds close it out: ragweed runs from mid-August to the first frost. Mold is the quiet fourth player, sustained by river-valley humidity between the pollen waves.

The Mississippi allergy season guide names oak, pine and hickory in spring — the famous yellow pine dust is highly visible but only part of the spring story. Mississippi’s outdoor season can begin with tree pollen in February and stretch into November, among the longest runs anywhere in the United States. The University of Mississippi Medical Center notes that tree pollen has historically posed its biggest threat from early March through April, with grasses following from May into July and ragweed from September through October.

November in Petal sits inside the weed chapter of the Mississippi year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters cover 10 months of the Mississippi year, February to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the Mississippi allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Petal pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Petal, MS pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.

Petal in today’s national picture

At 18 (Low), Petal ranks joint 56739th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.

Around Petal: Glendale, MS (5 miles away) reads 16 (Low); Hattiesburg, MS (6 miles away) reads 18 (Low); Eastabuchie, MS (6 miles away) reads 16 (Low). Petal reads 2 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Mississippi’s 426 tracked cities, today runs from 13 in Abbeville to 29 in Hollandale.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Petal resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Petal, MS can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.

Petal in its local area

Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi. Its population is 11,195 (ACS 2023).

Across Mississippi’s 426 tracked cities, Petal ranks joint 134th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Petal, MS pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Glendale pollen count (5 miles away)
• Hattiesburg pollen count (6 miles away)
• Eastabuchie pollen count (6 miles away)
• Runnelstown pollen count (7 miles away)
• Arnold Line pollen count (8 miles away)
• West Hattiesburg pollen count (9 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Mississippi allergy season
• Ragweed season